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Clubgoers Hit By Vodka Bottle, Thrown By Bouncer During Brawl, NYPD Says

 A woman's foot was broken and another woman needed stitches after a brawl broke out at Stage 48, police said.
A woman's foot was broken and another woman needed stitches after a brawl broke out at Stage 48, police said.
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HELL’S KITCHEN — A clubgoer was knocked out by a bottle of vodka and a bouncer broke another patron's foot after a brawl broke out at a West 48th Street nightclub, the NYPD said.

A 37-year-old woman from Brooklyn told police she was with a group of friends inside the VIP section at Stage 48, at 605 W. 48th St. between 11th and 12th avenues, around 12:01 a.m. on June 20 when a group of women they didn’t know approached them.

When one of the women started sitting on tables in the section, the 37-year-old asked that she leave the area, police said.

The woman who’d sat on the table then threw a bottle of Ciroc vodka at the 37-year-old and hit her in the chin, knocking her unconscious for a few minutes, the NYPD said. The woman had to get five stitches on her chin as a result, police said.

After the bottle-throwing incident, a fight broke out between the two groups, the NYPD said.

As it escalated, a 38-year-old woman from Brooklyn told police one of the club’s bouncers approached, picked her up and threw her into another section of the club — leaving her with a broken right foot, police said.

Around the same time, a 34-year-old woman from Brooklyn was standing outside the club when a woman she didn’t know charged at her, injuring her right shoulder, right hand and left knee, the NYPD said.

It wasn’t clear if those two women were part of the groups involved in the fight inside.

Police had not arrested anyone in connection with the incidents as of Monday.

Stage 48 did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.